I am the Galway University Foundation Lecturer in the Economics of Climate Change and Development at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at University of Galway , and a founding member of the Centre for Economic Research on Inclusivity and Sustainability (CERIS) at University of Galway. My research is at the intersection of environmental and development economics. In particular, I study the economic and social impacts of extreme weather events such as floods, as well as how societies and economies adapt and respond to changing environmental risk. I have published widely, including in leading economics journals, as well as more generalist science and social science journals. My Google Scholar profile is a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:scholar.google.comcitations?user=lfl1arIAAAAJ amp;hl=enhere .I am also co-editor with Sam Fankhauser of The Economics of Climate Resilient Development (Edward Elgar, 2016). Details of my latest research are available on my website a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:thomaskjmcdermott.wordpress.comhere .I have previously consulted for the World Bank (a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:openknowledge.worldbank.orghandle1098624204Investing in Disaster Risk Management in an Uncertain Climate ), the Asian Development Bank (Lead Consultant for Strengthening Disaster Resilience, ADO 2019 ), and the Irish Government (EPADept of Climate Action) -- including contributing a background paper for Irelands first statutory a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.dccae.gov.ieen-ieclimate-actiontopicsadapting-to-climate-changenational-adaptation-frameworkPagesdefault.aspxNational Climate Change Adaptation Framework (published in January 2018). My research has also been funded by the Irish EPA, and I am a former IRC Government of Ireland Research Fellow. I hold a PhD from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), where I was supervised by Frank Barry and Richard Tol. During the Summer of 2012 I was a PhD research intern at the United Nations University, WorldInstitute for Development EconomicsResearch (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki. I hold a B.Comm (International - with Italian) and an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Galway and previously taught economics at Dublin City University and at UCC.

My research interests are at the intersection of the economics of climate change and development economics, with a focus on empirical evaluation of the economic impacts of extreme weather events, such as floods, and on issues of Public - No restriction policy related to the economics of adaptation to climate change.

I am the programme director for the MSc Global Environmental Economics